NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 06-2017

Skittles has temporarily ditched its rainbow theme in favor of an all-white look in the United Kingdom and Germany in order to give LGBT pride celebrations center stage.

The Queens woman offered a steak dinner instead of her $43 million prize is suing the casino for the entire jackpot.

As of January, at least 60 restaurants around the Bay Area had closed. More fallout is sure to follow as mandated wages climb to $15 statewide.

A Montreal man was hit with $749 in traffic fines last month after he double parked while dropping off his special needs son at school.

On World Refugee Day, Halifax supporters have one main message to the government: don't let support slip.

U.S. President Donald Trump rolled back some of the key measures of his predecessor's rapprochement with Cuba, making it harder for American tourists to travel to the island, and harder for American corporations to do business there.

'In Teslin, a bear entered a home through an open door and ate from the fridge and garbage,' according to a news release from Environment Yukon.

Police in Fort St. John, B.C., believe they may have had help from local wildlife in tracking down the owner of a speeding vehicle.

A young beluga whale that was rescued from a New Brunswick river looks closer to being reunited with a pod, a marine mammal group says.

Supporters of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose family resettled in Quebec, staged a protest in Montreal Friday evening, marking five years since his detention in Saudi Arabia.

A whopping $7.4 trillion will be spent globally on new green energy facilities in the coming decades, according to a new report.

Police in Washington, D.C., have issued felony arrest warrants for two Canadian supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in connection with bloody assault outside the Turkish ambassador's residence last month.

The former president of the Progressive Conservative party is now running a political action committee dedicated to boosting a centrist alternative ahead of the next Alberta election.

Latest Vault7 release exposes network-spying operation CIA kept secret since 2007.

Critics say the bill, pushed through by PM Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc, could weaken civil liberties.

Wind and solar power continue to hit new milestones for electricity generation and are expected to continue their dramatic growth

Mice are apparently on the menu for some trout in Nova Scotia, with fishermen discovering the rodents inside the bellies of fish they've caught.

On the 100th anniversary of the vessel's June 13, 1917, disappearance, the Coast Guard announced Tuesday that it found the shipwreck of the USCGC McCulloch -- not far from where it went down. And officials plan to leave it there.

One of the navy's four submarines was hit Thursday by another naval vessel while docked at CFB Esquimalt in British Columbia.

The federal government has announced it's reversing its decision to cut two BC marine programs. The Sea Island emergency crew is the only one of its kind in Canada. The team is responsible for rescues and recoveries of people trapped in submerged boats, v

Four hunters from Minnesota have pleaded guilty and were fined a total of $10,000 for illegally hunting moose in northwestern Ontario.

A beluga whale that was swimming in the Nepisiguit River in Bathurst, N.B., for the past two weeks ago has been rescued and transported by air to Quebec to join an adoptive pod.

US immigration authorities have arrested and moved to deport 199 Iraqi immigrants, mostly from the Detroit area, in the last three weeks after Iraq agreed to...

Vladimir Putin has referred to "the territories which now belong to Ukraine" in ominous comments during his annual phone-in. The Russian President made several remarks about Ukraine, recent anti-government protests and his country's relations with the Uni

An alarming new study suggests that more than a third of heater-cooler devices, an instrument commonly used in open-heart surgeries, may contain water contaminated with deadly bacteria.

Knight Craft is a big-money political donor and reportedly close with Majority Senate leader Mitch McConnell. She is also married to the CEO of a major coal producer

Southwark Crown Court heard how Jemma Beale, 25, told police she was gang raped in the street, attacked in a pub and assaulted by a group of men with a piece of barbed wire.

Many fans thought it would never happen, but the Mayweather-McGregor fight is going down on Aug. 26. See how the sports world reacted to the shocking announcement.

Three youth were mauled Wednesday after coming across a grizzly bear and her two cubs while they were hiking in a heavily wooded area just north of Alaska's largest city.

Police said the unusually adorned car was travelling more than 50 km/h over the speed limit. The vehicle was adorned with buoys, rope, a life jacket, a life ring and a fishing cage, along with a full-blown motor attached to the trunk.

There have been several sightings of a squadron of American white pelicans on Vancouver Island. Birder says pelicans may be investigating a new migration route.

A 90-year-old airline passenger says she was twice forgotten and left to fend for herself in a wheelchair during a stopover at Calgary International Airport.

The Royal Canadian Air Force has resumed limited flights on its new Cyclone helicopters after a software problem grounded the aircraft for nine weeks and created delays in training air crew.

Don Matthews, one of the CFL's most prolific coaches and known simply as "The Don," has died. The larger-than-life character with 231 wins and 10 Grey Cups on his resume was 77.

Three people were killed by a disgruntled UPS employee who opened fire at a company sorting hub in San Francisco, before being fatally shot by police, two local TV stations reported.

A Senate committee has laid out 50 recommendations aimed at unclogging courts across the country and ensuring accused criminals don't elude justice due to lengthy trial delays.

Iqaluit may face a water shortage within five years, owing to shifting seasons, faster warming in the Arctic than anywhere on Earth and a growing population.

A councillor is asking that the City of Edmonton review its advertising policies after ads for the city and Edmonton Economic Development Corporation appeared on a right-wing website.

The Justice Department wants to keep millions of dollars worth of seized assets, citing the Megaupload founder's fugitive status.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded the 2017 Tesla Model X 5-star crash safety ratings in every category.

Last month's devastating WannaCry ransomware outbreak was just a warning shot. In an unprecedented move, Microsoft today released critical security updates to block another wave of similar attacks, making those patches available on unsupported versions li

A new social media campaign against a law forcing women to wear a headscarf gains momentum in Iran.

Video shows the moment that a 28-year-old woman shoved a 12-year-old to the ground outside of a convenience store in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania last month.

Tom Keatinge looks at why the tiny Gulf emirate of Qatar is alleged to supported terrorist groups.

HARRISBURG, Pa.--A Philadelphia woman is facing charges after she attacked a police horse with a flag pole during a demonstration in Harrisburg on Saturday morning.

The company whose workers were shown abusing chickens in a disturbing video has fired five workers, including at least one supervisor.

A Saskatchewan woman was thrilled to be able to rescue a moose calf from some fence wire on her way to work this week.

Vince Emond and Devin Francis estimate that they carried 40 pounds of other people's garbage out of Joffree Lakes Provincial Park.

NORTH Korea has released the jailed US student Otto Warmbier, according to the Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

The number of hate crimes in Canada that were reported to police in 2015 rose by five per cent compared to the previous year, according to Statistics Canada data.

A team of scientists had to abandon an expedition from Quebec City to Churchill, Man., on Sunday because of hazardous ice conditions caused by climate change.

A photo radar supervisor has been arrested after a man stopped a female driver before she was forcibly confined and sexually assaulted last week, say police.

According to Black Lives Matter and their organizer /mouthpiece Desmond Cole, the Toronto Police Service School Resource Officer (SRO) program is "dangerous" and a form of police "intimidation" against marginalized and racialized

The approximately 35,500 public sector workers and correctional staff represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union are set to vote on ratification June 20-22.

West Vancouver police have made an arrest after releasing surveillance video of a hit-and-run collision that put a cyclist in hospital with serious injuries on Saturday evening.

A colourful ring made by Pablo Picasso to placate his furious muse has come to light, 80 years after he made it. The portrait of Dora Maar, encased in a ring, was treasured by his photographer lover until the end of her life.

Syrian refugees sponsored by private groups such as churches and charities are five times more likely than those sponsored by the Trudeau government to have found work in Canada, the Toronto Sun has learned.

The government-funded Alberta Innovates continues to hemorrhage jobs as it absorbs another $16 million in budget cuts this year after having its budget slashed $60 million over the previous two years.

Alexei Navalny was arrested outside his Moscow home en route to a demonstration that's part of countrywide protests spearheaded by the prominent Russian opposition figure.

For sale: A 1782 fixer-upper with thick granite walls, 1950s decor and armed 24-hour security provided by both Canada and the United States.

Canada is considering a NATO request to send police trainers to Afghanistan, three years after the military mission officially ended, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says.

Puerto Ricans are getting the chance Sunday to tell the U.S. Congress which political status they want for the U.S. territory that is mired in an economic crisis that has triggered an exodus of islanders to the mainland.

California lottery officials say the sole winning ticket for the $447.8 million Powerball jackpot was sold in Sun City.

Adam West, star of the 1960s hit TV series Batman, dies after a battle with leukaemia.

Hammond, 47, suffered serious injuries when the car crashed on a road that was closed for the race

US photographer Stephanie Sinclair gives young, vulnerable women a voice. She tells DW what motivates her to risk her life and why the US bears a special responsibility when it comes to defending women's rights.

An expert witness for the Crown has testified in B.C. Supreme Court that a man charged with four terrorism-related offences cheered the killings of Canadian soldiers in Ottawa and Quebec in 2014.

Fusion powers the Sun, where hydrogen ions are forced together by the high pressure and temperature. The nuclei join to create helium and release a lot of energy in the process. Doing the same thing on Earth means creating the same conditions that drive h

A former Stony Plain RCMP constable is alleged to have repeatedly vandalized the home of one woman and damaged a vehicle owned by another while he was employed by the force.

Overweight children who took a daily prebiotic fibre supplement shed body fat while those given a placebo kept gaining weight almost three times faster than the average kid, a Calgary study has found.

The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal filed by outspoken political commentator Ezra Levant over a 2014 libel judgment against him.

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans is asking people to be more aware of the amount of plastic they use and throw away.

It's been very windy across Europe this week. So much so, in fact, that the high wind load on onshore and offshore wind turbines across much of the continent has helped set new wind power records.

Video from London's Borough Market shows three attackers viciously stabbing a man just before police converge and shoot them all dead.

Right now, the government rents farmland to help protect soil and water. But once the land is farmed again, the benefits disappear. Environmentalists want to change that.

India is now two and a half times more likely to experience a deadly heat wave than a half century ago, and all it took was an increase in the average temperature of just 0.5 degrees Celsius (less than 1 degree Fahrenheit), a new study shows.

Two drug dealers busted in Edmonton last week knowingly put lives at risk by selling fentanyl under the guise of heroin, police say.

MA key feature of scientific theories is that they make successful predictions, which we can use to determine whether they're likely to be right. For general relativity, one of its key predictions had to wait for an eclipse of the Sun. Relativity predicte

Canada and its allies use the company's patented satellite technology for security, public safety and defence

A Vancouver Island resident had become used to a pregnant deer visiting her yard, but on Tuesday night the regular guest didn't look its usual self.

Unusually heavy Arctic pack ice has trapped multiple vessels, stymied the fishing season and triggered a high-stakes rescue operation from a sinking ship off Newfoundland.

A group of hikers did a double-take when they spotted a black bear with an all-over white coat roaming in the mountains west of Calgary.

The Liberal government's new defence policy lays out a plan to increase the defence budget by 70 per cent over the next decade to $32.7 billion. It is a mixture of new and previously committed cash.

Police in Coquitlam are hoping a drowned man's silver jewellery will lead to his identity. 40 years ago, the man's body was found in Sasamat Lake. He was about 25 years old and wore a distinctive ring and bracelet.

Rick Cowan describes it like a kind of siege at his Atlin, B.C., home, carried out by two aggressive bears who would not relent.

A recent finding of human bones dating back 300,000 years calls into question the belief that modern humans evolved in east Africa, researchers say.

Canada will increase annual defence spending by $13.9 billion over the next decade, Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan said Wednesday as he unveiled the Liberal government's long-awaited vision for expanding the Canadian Armed Forces.

An unconscious person cannot consent to sex, the Liberal government has confirmed in new legislation that aims to update Canada's Criminal Code and weed out 'zombie laws.'

A Florida woman pleaded guilty and was sent to prison Wednesday for threatening a man whose six-year-old son was killed in the 2012 mass shooting at a Connecticut school, which she contended was a hoax.

Volunteers who are cleaning up marine debris from a remote area on the west coast of Vancouver Island say they are overwhelmed by what they've found.

On June 6 1944, known as D-Day, Allied troops stormed German defences on the beaches of Normandy (France) to open the way to Germany from the West. The task was formidable

Khuram Butt, 27, worked at Ummah Fitness in Ilford with Sajeel Shahid, 41, a member of Anjem Choudary's al-Muhajiroun network who was accused of helping train the 7/7 bomb ringleader.

Sadiq Khan has said the American president should be disinvited after Trump tweeted statements about the city's response to a deadly terror attack on Saturday

Back in August of 2016, the pharmaceutical company Mylan came under fire for jacking up prices of the EpiPen from $57 in 2007 to roughly $600 in 2016. The public backlash has been significant. But the chairman of Mylan has a message for any critics: Go fu

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces says it's begun an offensive to capture the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, after months of clearing operations.

The Justice Department said Winner admitted to printing off the classified report.

A Toronto family has demanded a public apology after two police officers were caught on dashcam footage mocking a woman with Down syndrome during a traffic stop, describing her as disfigured and less than a whole person.

The Wayne Gretzky-led 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers have been chosen by fans as the greatest NHL team of all time, the league announced Monday.

Former military officer blames party insiders for his decision to end his bid for the federal NDP leadership.

Last week, former Alberta deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk wrote a letter to the Cape Breton Post in which he thanked the people of Sydney for their warm welcome when he arrived in 1982 with his parents and younger brother.

A man who tied a rope noose on an LRT platform last year and reportedly threatened two women wearing hijabs will not face criminal charges, police say.

A group from the London Fatwa Council came to the police cordon near the London Bridge terror attacks with banners proclaiming 'ISIS will lose' yesterday afternoon.

Police are responding to a shooting in Orlando Monday morning that has reportedly left multiple people dead.

An Alberta judge jailed a sexual assault victim for five nights in the Edmonton Remand Centre while she testified at the preliminary hearing of the man who attacked her. Alerted to the case by CBC News, Alberta's justice minister has apologized to the vic

The ocean's role in absorbing levels of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has led to increased acidity on the west coast, leaving certain species increasingly vulnerable.